Using “cat” to write non-English characters into a .html file (in R)

Question

Here is the code showing the problem:

myPath = getwd()
cat(\"abcd\", append = T, file =paste(myPath,\"temp1.html\", sep = \"\\\\\")) # This is fine
cat(\"


        

Answer 1

The problem isn’t with R (R is correctly producing UTF-8 encoded output) … it’s just that your web browser assumes the wrong encoding in the absence of an explicitly specified encoding. Just use the following snippet (from inside R) instead:

    
        
    
    
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This specifies a correct encoding (UTF-8), and hence causes the browser to thread the following text correctly.